Zoomin With Your Feet Is Not A Myth!!! It's A Way Of Life!!!

On 1/25/08 12:11 PM, in article 13pk9itbs12s7a9 DeleteThis @news.supernews.com, "Rita
Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:

> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out here,
> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>
> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
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>
>
>
>
> Rita
>
You zoomed too far and cut off the kitty's left ear. Try again.
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In article <13pk9itbs12s7a9 RemoveThis @news.supernews.com>,
"Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:

> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out here,
> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>
> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>
> Rita

A midrange fixed lens can beat the quality of a zoom lens costing 10x
more. I'll carry a single 28mm F/1.8 sometimes. You can also combine
"zooming with your feet" with a zoom lens to alter perspective to your
liking.

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Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> In article <13pk9itbs12s7a9.RemoveThis@news.supernews.com>,
> "Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
>> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out here,
>> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
>> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
>> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>>
>> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>>
>> Rita
>
> A midrange fixed lens can beat the quality of a zoom lens costing 10x
> more. I'll carry a single 28mm F/1.8 sometimes. You can also combine
> "zooming with your feet" with a zoom lens to alter perspective to your
> liking.
>

Please don't try that 'zooming with your feet' thing when you are
photographing the Grand Canyon, or Royal Gorge scenic sites. Bloody,
broken bodies detract from the pleasure of others....
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On 1/25/08 5:53 PM, "Draco" <JPDFDA.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 25, 1:11 pm, "Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2....TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:
>> Yes folks, it's true.  Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
>> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out here,
>> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
>> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide.  It even goes
>> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>>
>> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>>
>> Rita
>
> Being able to zoom with your feet beats a mechanical zoom any day.
> Being able
> to get closer to your subject is much better than being far away.

Depending on the shot that you want, you might choose the perspective and
DOF effects of of lens zoom versus "foot zoom." But I agree in general.
There is too much dependence on using a zoom lens as a replacement for
proper position.

> Unless it
> is a life changing moment. Like getting a full view finder of a lion
> on the
> hunt with a 50mm lens.
>
> That would be a life ending moment if one was dumb enough... Oh yeah.
> I
> forgot where I was.
>

Or if you are already at the edge of a cliff and want to get closer to the
bird flying in the valley.
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"Ron Hunter" <rphunter RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in message
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> Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
>> In article <13pk9itbs12s7a9 RemoveThis @news.supernews.com>,
>> "Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
>>> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out
>>> here,
>>> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically
>>> correct
>>> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
>>> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>>>
>>> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>>>
>>> Rita
>>
>> A midrange fixed lens can beat the quality of a zoom lens costing 10x
>> more. I'll carry a single 28mm F/1.8 sometimes. You can also combine
>> "zooming with your feet" with a zoom lens to alter perspective to your
>> liking.
>>
>
> Please don't try that 'zooming with your feet' thing when you are
> photographing the Grand Canyon, or Royal Gorge scenic sites. Bloody,
> broken bodies detract from the pleasure of others....

It's a bit hard to do when you are engaged in astro-photography
too........Although waiting for the right time of year is kind of like,
"zooming with your feet", I suppose......
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George Kerby wrote:
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>
> On 1/25/08 12:11 PM, in article 13pk9itbs12s7a9 DeleteThis @news.supernews.com, "Rita
> Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
>> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out here,
>> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
>> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
>> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>>
>> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rita
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> You zoomed too far and cut off the kitty's left ear. Try again.
>

Yeah, that was my thought too.

Rita proves yet again that a tool is only as good as the person using
it: not very, in this case.
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"Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> Yes folks, it's true. Contrary to what the misfits, inbreeds, posers,
> wannabes, miscreants, and other assorted flavors of idiot we have out
> here,
> "zooming with your feet" is the industry standard and technically correct
> terminology adopted and used by pro shooters world wide. It even goes
> further into the realm of scientific wonders.
>
> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/zoom_zoom.htm>
>
>
>
>
>
> Rita
>

Nice looking cat Rita, does it have a name please

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Robert Haar <rlhaar.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
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>Depending on the shot that you want, you might choose the perspective and
>DOF effects of of lens zoom versus "foot zoom." But I agree in general.
>There is too much dependence on using a zoom lens as a replacement for
>proper position.


In the days when I used only fixed focal length lenses, I was a strong
advocate for zooming with the feet. That was partly due to the fact
that most zoom lenses were optically vastly inferior to fixed focal
length lenses.

When I could finally afford to buy zoom lenses that were optically as
good as fixed focal length lenses - I used the 20-35mm, 35-70mm and
80-200mm AF Nikkors, all f/2.8 - I realised that zooming with the feet
was not such a good idea after all.

If you are walking around looking for a good shot, and you find it,
then you want to be able to hold your camera to your eye, frame it,
set aperture and shutter speed, focus and shoot. The zoom lens is the
key to doing this quickly without having to change your position.

Zooming with your feet sounds OK in theory, but it fundamentally
alters the relationship between subject and background, or between
primary and secondary subjects. In other words, the perspective.

If you have to move from the position where you chose to make the shot
because you only have fixed focal length lenses, the perspective will
change and the symmetry of the shot (or its asymmetry) will change or
even be lost.

With a zoom lens you don't move. You change only the framing, because
you stand firmly planted in the same place. You therefore retain the
perspective and the symmetry.

I now use a mixture of Canon zoom and Carl Zeiss and Leica fixed focal
length lenses on my Canon 5D bodies. When I am using a fixed focal
length lens and have to zoom with my feet to such an extent that the
shot I wanted is impossible to get, I can change to a zoom lens and go
back to where I started.

So why don't I use the zoom lens all the time? Because Canon zooms
are a long way from being optically as good as Carl Zeiss and Leica
fixed focal lenses, especially when used wide open, which is something
I choose to do more often than not. If I was entirely happy with the
performance of the zoom lenses, I would use them all the time.
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"Ron Hunter" <rphunter.DeleteThis@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Please don't try that 'zooming with your feet' thing when you are
> photographing the Grand Canyon, or Royal Gorge scenic sites. Bloody,
> broken bodies detract from the pleasure of others....

You're not familiar with boxing fans or even football crowds then? They
would love it!

MrT.
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